Some say love it is a river
that drowns the tender reed
Some say love it is a razer
that leaves your soul to blead

Some say love it is a hunger
an endless aching need
I say love it is a flower
and you it's only seed

It's the heart afraid of breaking
that never learns to dance
It's the dream afraid of waking
that never takes the chance
It's the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give
and the soul afraid of dying
that never learns to live

When the night has been too lonely
and the road has been too long
and you think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter
far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed
that with the sun's love
in the spring
becomes the rose

（不好意思，那图像跟歌曲不配）
第一次听到这首歌曲是15年前，学校请来一老外（Glenn Philips，就叫他老格吧）来教课，他每次都教一首歌，第一首就是这首，当时虽然听不懂歌词，但就觉得那旋律里有一种力量．．．后来又教了"From a distance", "The wind beneath my wings"等，很久才知道那都是Belle Midler的歌，看来那老格一定是她的歌迷了！多年后在出国前有意外碰到老格，又请他指导了口语．出来后就断了联络，不知老格一直可好？在此，祝他圣诞快乐！